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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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Established in 1896, NFPA's mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
An electronic device that is intended for the protection of personnel and functions under fault conditions, such as network-powered broadband communications cable short or open circuit, to limit the current or voltage, or both, for a low-power network-powered broadband communications circuit and provide acceptable protection from electric shock.
Industry:Fire safety
An element of the CBRN terrorism agent protective ensemble and ensemble elements designed to provide minimum protection to the foot, ankle, and lower leg.
Industry:Fire safety
An electromotive force rated 24 volts, nominal, or less, supplied from a transformer, converter, or battery.
Industry:Fire safety
An electronic device that combines a keyboard and a display screen to allow exchange of information between a telecommunicator and one or more computers in the system/network.
Industry:Fire safety
An electronic device that is capable of displaying text, video, and graphics.
Industry:Fire safety
An electromechanical device for the production of electricity.
Industry:Fire safety
An electromechanical relay(s) utilized to trip all required equipment simultaneously when a master fuel trip is initiated.
Industry:Fire safety
An electrode, intended to complete the electrical path between patient and appliance and at which no surgical effect is intended.
Industry:Fire safety
An electrode intended to generate a surgical or physiological effect at its point of application to the patient.
Industry:Fire safety
An electrode consisting of adjacent contacts (e.g., the two legs of a forceps) such that the current passes between the pair of contacts generating the intended effect.
Industry:Fire safety